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5 Good Things: Another Football Game is Gaining Yardage

CNN 5 Things

CNN

Daily News, News

3.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 8 February 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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The Super Bowl may be the main event this week, but flag football is quickly becoming the next big thing. New research is advancing what we know about ape intelligence. A remote cottage in Ireland is one of the world’s top Michelin-starred restaurants. A young boy’s bravery in a moment of crisis is earning him the title of a real-life superhero. This concert series invites people to turn off their phones, breathe deeply, and let the music do the healing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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From CNN, I'm Chris Debo, and this is Five Good Things.

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As we gear up for the big game this weekend between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles,

1:04.4

there is another football game making big gains on the global stage.

1:09.6

Really excited about play football in general and on a global basis.

1:13.6

And I think I'm more excited about the young women who are finally getting a chance to play a game that was considered to be a male sport.

1:22.6

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said earlier this week at an NFL network news conference that they're exploring

1:28.0

creating two professional flag football leagues for men and women.

1:32.3

It's a tremendous amount of interest from players, from investors, to people who I think

1:37.6

recognize particularly that women's sports are at a place where it's real and it's something

1:44.1

that I think we all want to be part of.

1:46.6

Flag football has come a long way from the days of just being a backyard game. It's headed to the

1:50.8

2028 Olympics for the first time. And played by more than 20 million people in more than 100 countries,

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